This isn’t the first time a baseball team will play in a planned empty stadium. The Charleston Riverdogs, a Minor League team in South Carolina, did in 2002 — albeit for very different reasons. The “Nobody Night” promotion barred everyone except players, media, scouts, and staffers from the stadium, in an effort to break the record for the least attended game in professional baseball. When one of the players complained, the mastermind told him, “Remember what an empty park feels like. It’s a great lifelesson.”